Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- The Canadiens are banking big time on Juraj Slafkovsky. [Montreal Gazette]
- Slafkovsky: ‘I feel like we’re building something really special’. [Montreal Canadiens]
- Slafkovsky wanted to get this deal done ASAP. [La Presse | RDS]
- The Habs have hired Lauri Korpikoski as a player development coach based in Europe, and moved Alex Burrows to the role of player development consultant. [Montreal Canadiens | La Presse]
- Burrows’ move is a perfect compromise. [RDS]
- A lack of big names lends an interesting flavour to the Habs’ upcoming development camp. [La Presse | RDS]
- Jacob Fowler wants to take his time when it comes to his journey towards the NHL. [La Presse]
- Kent Hughes remains confident that he can get free agents to sign with Montreal in the future. [Montreal Gazette]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Ten lessons that we learned from the first day of free agency. [The Athletic]
- The winners and losers of day one of free agency. [The Athletic]
- The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Pavel Buchnevich to a six-year, $48 million contract extension with an AAV of $8 million per season. [TSN]
- Day two of free agency brought a host of more minor transactions across the league. [TSN]
- NHL free agency shows the advantage that teams in states with no income tax have. [Sportsnet]
- Former Los Angeles King and now Washington Capital Matt Roy quells locker room concerns about Pierre-Luc Dubois: ‘He’s a great teammate’. [RMNB]
- The top five most surprising undrafted players from the 2024 Entry Draft. [The Hockey Writers]
- After a second consecutive draft where no QMJHL players were selected in the first round, where is Quebec Hockey going wrong? [Radio-Canada]
